The Chrysalis BREW Project Announces the Winners of the BREW Book Excellence Award 2023 and BREW Readers’ Choice Award 2022-2023

Overall Book of the Year

• Winner: “Black, White, and Gray All Over” by Frederick Douglass Reynolds

Action and Adventure

• Winners:
  • “Brothers” by M. E. Taylor
  • “Raptor’s Revenge” by Jim Malloy
• Finalists:
  • “Accidental Diplomacy” by Jeffrey Busch and Dominic Man-Kit Lam
  • “When We Push Through Sound” by Geoff Sease

Australian

• Winner:
  • “Hide and Seek Alphabet: With Australian Animals” by Anna Finch

Children’s (10,000 words or longer)

• Winner:
  • “The Adventures of Angel: A Kitten’s Story” by Ross Alan Hahn

Children’s (Illustrated)

• Winners:
  • “The Secret Life of Santa’s Butterfly Elves: The Magic at Christmas” by Rose Andria
  • “What Is Heaven Like?” by Richard R Eng
  • “Adventures of Jackson: The Young Field Mouse” by Adam DeGraide
  • “Something New in Cloverville?” by Janet Stuart
  • “Fingerprints of God” by Melanie Burgess
  • “Magic Hotel” by John Reimold
• Finalists:
  • “Mahalo Does Not Mean Trash” by Hiwalani Perkins
  • “What? No Easter Eggs?” by Janet Stuart
  • “Doppy and the Runaway Balloons” by H. R. Manske
  • “Let Your Inner Golden Sparkle Shine: The Little Girl Who Never Stopped Believing in Herself” by Muse Literary
  • “Grandpa’s Lessons on Fishing and Life” by Ruthie Godfrey
  • “Desert Friends: Travels with the Pack” by Linda Harkey
  • “The Kindness Guru” by Gar Ying Chan

Children’s Activity Book

• Winner:
  • “Stay Safe with Ruby and Reuben” by Sneha Sabu

Children’s Dog Book

• Winner:
  • “Love Snaggs – A Little Dog’s Courageous Journey” by Melanie Joy Mezzancello

Children’s Friendship Book

• Winner:
  • “Roosevelt Banks and the Attic of Doom” by Laurie Calkhoven

Christian

• Winner:
  • “Be a Giant Killer: Overcoming Your Everyday Goliaths” by Ed Norwood
• Finalists:
  • “Along Came Hell, or So I Thought” by Lois Young
  • “Journey to Peaceable Soul” by Megan Macaulay

Comedy

• Winner:
  • “Tales from the Bug Guy” by Dr. German Roach

Contemporary Fiction

Winner:

• “Dragum” by K.C. LaSaga

Creative Non-fiction

• Winners:
  • “My Sweet Aroma” by Timothy Green
• Finalists:
  • “Applauding Life: Poetry and Prose of an Octogenarian” by David A.J. Richards
  • “Way Worse than Attica” by Dirk Cameron Gibson

Epic

• Winners:
  • “The Provenance: Astar’s Blade: Part One” by Joe Lyon
  • “Linden Falls” by Joshua Hershey

Fantasy

• Winner:
  • “Adventures of Fairies and Dragons” by Nancy Benson

Folklore

• Winner:
  • “Age of Resolve: The E.V. Chronicles” by Ilene Grydsuk

Historical Fiction

• Winner:
  • “No One Must Know” by Susan Frances

Inspirational

• Winners:
  • “The Eighteen Years That Didn’t Change Anything” by Enrico Tesla
  • “The Art and Science of Culture: The Power of Seeing What’s Hidden” by Chad Carr
  • “Sport: A Stage for Life – How to Connect with the Touchstones of Elite Performance and Personal Fulfillment” by Cristiana Pinciroli
  • “The Human Paradox: It’s Time to Think and Act as a Species” by Gilbert E. Mulley
  • “Mental Health, Poetry, and I: Original Poetry That Saved My Life” by Brendon Feeley
  • “The Journey Home: Portraits of Healing” by Gabriel Bron
• Finalists:
  • “The Unstoppable Artist: Discovering the Artist Inside Yourself” by Barbara L. McCulloch
  • “Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul” by Mitzi Perdue
  • “Mind Candy: The Code to Program Your Subconscious Mind to Achieve Any Goal” by Felicia Pizzonia
  • “The True Believers” by Louis Martin
  • “Chasing Rabbits” by Rodolfo Del Toro
  • “Tosher” by Adrian Winney

Memoir, Biography, or Autobiography

• Winners:
  • “Black, White, and Gray All Over” by Frederick Douglass Reynolds
  • “Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again” by Roni Rosenthal
  • “The Eighteen Years That Didn’t Change Anything” by Enrico Tesla
  • “Mud Flower: Surviving Schizophrenia and Suicide Through Art” by Meghan Caughey
  • “Sprig of White Heather and a Scottish Lass” by Anne Angelo
  • “Fictionally Nonfiction: The Life I’d Never Admit Was Nonfiction” by Wynn Thành Phi
• Finalist:
  • “Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness” by Richard Lui

New Book

• Winners:
  • “Story and Structure” by Leon Conrad
  • “The Connection Game” by SS Turner
• Finalists:
  • “This Is Dodger: A Story About the Life of a Rescue” by Dawn R. Smith
  • “Peace in War” by Lindsay Ann Fink
  • “It Could Happen Here – A Roadmap to Disaster” by J. F. Cronin

Non-fiction

• Winners:
  • “Black, White, and Gray All Over” by Frederick Douglass Reynolds
  • “Story and Structure” by Leon Conrad
  • “Healing Guide to Having a Baby: Infertility, Emotional Wounds and Taking Back Your Power” by Jennifer Coady Murphy
• Finalists:
  • “100 Livestreaming & Digital Media Predictions, Volume 2: Top Content Creators Help You Succeed in an Era of Rapid Change” by Ross Brand
  • “Nipper” by Peter Massam
  • “Liberty, Science and Wealth: The Evolution to Modern Society” by Ralph L. Bayrer
  • “Abraham Lincoln’s path to reelection in 1864: our greatest victory” by Fred J. Martin, Jr.

Novella

• Winner:
  • “Do Nothing: A Griffin Knight Murder Mystery Thriller” by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.

Poetry

• Winner:
  • “Poems from Heartlands: Special Illustrated Color Edition” by Dr. C. A. Buckley

Scifi Realism

• Winner:
  • “Homecoming” by Jude Austin

Suspense

• Winner:
  • “A Colossal Injustice: A Griffin Knight Corporate Murder Mystery (The Griffin Knight Series)” by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.
• Finalists:
  • “Pacifica” by Richard C. Deason
  • “Forbidden Zone 1940” by Anne Angelo

Thriller

• Winner:
  • “Praesidium” by McKinley Aspen

Western

• Winner:
  • “The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch: A Modern Ranch with an Ancient Secret” by Julia Brewer Daily

Young Adult

• Winner:
  • “Torment: Descension” by Daniel Foster